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<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Maintenance Items</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Maintenance</span><span class="f_BodyText"> items are defects, changes, issues and tasks. They all apply to individual model elements and can be used to record and capture problems, changes, issues and tasks as they arise, and document the solution and associated details. They are defined as follows:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">defect</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> can be considered as a failure to meet a requirement for the current model element</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">change</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> can be considered as a change in requirement for the current model element</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">An </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">issue</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> records a risk factor that might affect the project being recorded for the current model element</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-weight: bold;">task</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> is a means of recording work in progress and work outstanding for the current model element.</span></li>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Note that each of these maintenance items applies at the model element level. For </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">changes</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">defects</span><span class="f_BodyText"> and </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">issues</span><span class="f_BodyText"> that apply to the whole system, see the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="changesanddefects.htm">Changes and Defects</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topic; for </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">tasks</span><span class="f_BodyText"> that apply to the whole system, see the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="modeltasktab.htm">Project Tasks</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topic.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The following topics explain how to create and edit Maintenance items:</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="maintenanceworkspace.htm">The Maintenance Workspace</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - describes the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Maintenance</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> window</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="maintenancesupport.htm">Maintenance Item Properties</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - describes how to complete the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Maintenance</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> window tabs for the various maintenance items</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="move_or_copy_maintenance_items.htm">Move or Copy Maintenance Items</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - describes how to move items between maintenance categories or generate items from an item in a different category</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="create_element_from_maintenanc.htm">Create Elements From Maintenance Items</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - describes how to generate elements from maintenance items</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="showmaintenancescriptsinco.htm">Show Maintenance Script in Diagram</a> - </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">describes</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">how to display maintenance items in elements on diagrams</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="insertimaintenacefeature.htm">Insert Maintenance Feature</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> - describes how to add a maintenance item directly to an element via in-place editing. </span></li>
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